Who Is Valentin Vacherot? Meet the 25-YO Monaco-Based French ATP Star at the Monte-Carlo Masters

French ATP star Valentin Vacherot who is playing against Grigor Dimitrov at the Monte-Carlo Masters today has been the center of attention lately. While there is no title in Vacherot’s bag at the moment, this tennis player is full of excitement and confidence. It was also because of his amazingly talented family of tennis players.

Valentin Vacherot received a wildcard for the Monte Carlos Masters single last year. However, he couldn’t make much of that chance and lost to Luca Nardi in the first round. This time it feels like Vacherot might change his fate with a surprising result this time.

Exploring the professional and the personal life of French tennis star Valentin Vacherot

Born in Roquebrune, Valentin Vacherot is a professional tennis player. He has been coached by his half-brother and a retired tennis player Benjamin Valleret since 2022. Vacherot’s cousin Arthur Rinderknech also plays tennis professionally, which sums up Vacherot’s brilliance in the sport. This Monaco-based tennis star played professional tennis from his college days at Texas A&M University. Vacherot has already shown the signs of a tennis prodigy as he bagged many victories at the age of twenty-five. While Vacherot is a right-handed player, he has skills of two-handed backhand.

Vacherot‘s first victory was the Nonthaburi Challenger singles tournament in 2022. In this tournament in Thailand, Vacherot defeated Ly Hoang Nam in the finals. After that, this French ATP star was given a wildcard entry to the Monte Carlo Masters last year. However, he exited the tournament in the first round after losing to Luca Nardi.

This year, Valentin Vacherot received another wildcard for entering into the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters. While his opponent Grigor Dimitrov is an ATP pro, fans still hope Vacherot to showcase some of his tennis skills at the tournament.

Valentin Vacherot admits having “no choice” but to get into tennis

Coming from a tennis-loving family, Vacherot’s destiny was written way before he even picked up a racquet. Not only his half-brother and cousin but his sister also works at a tennis club. This means people saw it coming for Vacherot. He once said- “‘Takes a Lot Being a Woman’ – Danielle Collins Flaunts Her Pre-Charleston Open Final Confidence With a ‘Low Maintenance’ Admission. I was born into tennis and when I was a kid, I was going with my mom to play a lot. I was watching my brother going from tournament to tournament every week, coming back home and then leaving again and I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do. I don’t want to go school, I want to go play tournaments.”

As this French ATP star proceeds forward to face off against Grigor Dimitrov, his fans are keeping a lot of expectations. Whether Vacherot wins or not is a different matter, but he surely sets a high expectation with his background and love for the sport.

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